||||||||| Catherwood re-enters the Waiting Room and explains "This is the main discussion room which is logged each night." ||||||||| Catherwood announces, "The time is 4:32 AM - I now declare Thursday's chat log for June 10, 2021 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in at 2:35 PM, dragging Rufus_T_Firetween by one foot and asks "Can anyone vouch for this yo-yo?" ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 3 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 4 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| New notice: '** There will be a Firesign Theatre/US Plus Stimulcast starting at 9pmET this evening. ** Warm-up music begins around 8:40pmET visit Firesign's web site at www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com' ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 5 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 5:45 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood walks up and intones "Presenting 'Rufus_T_Firetween', just granted probation at 7:49 PM", then leaves hurriedly. ||||||||| Catherwood enters with DJTweeny close behind, mutters something about disrupting his 7:59 PM tree-stunting plans, and runs off to the vestibule. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 8 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| New notice: '** There will be a Firesign Theatre/US Plus Stimulcast starting at 9pmET this evening. ** Warm-up music begins around 8:40pmET You can join the streams now (NO AUDIO YET - just a chance for everybody to get connected) 128k at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k for dial-up users at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u (streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net)' ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and pipes up "Announcing 'Deputy Dang', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:55 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the Aviary... DJTweeny: Howdy Deputy ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: warm up music – Fire Music Listen to the stream at 128k at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k for dial-up users at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u (streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net)' Deputy Dang: Howdy Tweeny! Happy almost Friday! ||||||||| Catherwood enters and asks "Is there anythynge you want? By that I mean Anythynge You Want To, Shakespeare's Lost paperback Comedie in pre-electronic book form!" DJTweeny: 'tis ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** WELCOME TO THE FIRESIGN CHAT Listen to the stream at 128k at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k for dial-up users at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u (streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net)' ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, June 10, 2021 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood snorts derisively: "9:00 PM and late as usual, it's Beet, just back from Funfun Town." Beet: Hello gang. DJTweeny: Yo Beet ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies Elayne in through the front door at 9:00 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. Beet: Hi Dr Tween ||||||||| Cease enters at 9:01 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and scurries off to the Chapeau Manger. DJTweeny: Hey Elayne Beet: Hey elayne. Elayne: Evenin' all! FYI, It's David Shepherd's birthday today. I can't remember his chat handle, sorry. DJTweeny: Hey Cease Cease: hi el Rufus_T_Firetween: llan Rufus_T_Firetween: Elayne Beet: Hi Dr Cease. Elayne: Evening Cat, Kurt, Beet, Llan! ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Firesign Theatre's 1999 Live Concert “IN THE FIREZONE” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out FIREZONE at >> https://www.amazon.com/Firezone-Firesign-LIVE-1999/dp/1576771458' Elayne: Oh, David is Llan? Thanks. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about Firesign Theatre's 1999 Live Concert “IN THE FIREZONE” at >> https://www.amazon.com/Firezone-Firesign-LIVE-1999/dp/1576771458 Rufus_T_Firetween: I checked around the net, but this album appears to be out of print and unavailable Beet: Big news! I found an eyeball hat on ebay. 6 eyes instead of 4 but same design. Beet:https://www.ebay.com/itm/303498358673?nma=true&si=DJrDKSseXGgI9%252FNDgQCmIY4PdiA%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 Rufus_T_Firetween: and it's not listed in the media section of the FST web site Cease:http://seemreal.com/ti/fst_seattle/fst_seattle.htm Rufus_T_Firetween: ah, sure maybe eBay Cease: Me and the Firesigns during their 1999 Firesign Seattle show. Rufus_T_Firetween: kewl Beet Rufus_T_Firetween: nice, CEase ||||||||| Chick Lambert fades in and says: "I have no idea who this Friedstein Theatre is, but they 're honing in on my territory over at Duke of Madness Motors. Give 'em the what for, Storm!" "RUFF! RUFF!" Rufus_T_Firetween: *Cease Cease: How are things in NYC, El? Beet: Looks like a good article Cat. Good picture too. Elayne: Ask Phil, Cat. He and Melinda just left. Alas, we didn't get together this trip. Elayne: He saw his ol Yale thespian buddies again. Cease: Too bad. Elayne: I was working anyway, and it was hella hot. Next time perhaps. Elayne: I'm just glad Phil's eyes are well enough that he can travel, now that it's opening up again. Cease: I hpoe there is a next time. Elayne: NYC is pretty safe from COVID at the moment. Elayne: I'm sure they'll want to come back, Broadway is reopening again soon. Cease: People want to go to NYC becaused you're there. Elayne: Unlikely, Cat. Cease: Well, what is likely? I sure don't know. ||||||||| Ralph Spoilsport drives in through the door and says "Buy a new or used T-shirt from the Firesign Theatre Cafepress store! Hurry before this sentence ends!" Beet: I'm glad this virus business is almost done DJTweeny: How many cities did they visit on the 1999 tour, Cat? Elayne: Beet, only in the US and possibly the UK. Elayne: Still very awful in other places. My heart goes out to India. Cease: LA, Marin, Portland and Seatt;e as I recall. DJTweeny: Sure isn't in India, Beet :/ Cease: Ossman's dad lived in India. Elayne: Singapore's gotten worse... heck, JAPAN a few weeks before the Olympics! Beet: Very true. Should think about the world situation. Elayne: I heard where around 80% of the Japanese people want to see the Olympics canceled or postponed but... you know... $$$ Elayne: Well, back to baseball watching for me. Please wish Llan a happy birthday if he logs on! ||||||||| Elayne says "Catherwood, call me a cab." After the obvious joke, Elayne exits at 9:15 PM. Cease: By El Beet: G'Nite Miss E Cease: We are all here thanks to E Cease: The chat was her idea Cease: Hi Dang Cease: You kmow the people here, the tiny number of us, aree hearing sometihing they would not hear elsewhere. Cease: I wasa one of the folks who recorded this, wiith Doc Technical an Merlyn, wherever the fuck they are. DJTweeny: indeed DJTweeny: people are missing out not attending the chat Cease: true, tween Cease: i dont know what else you can do to advertiese, tween DJTweeny: me either
DJTweeny shrugs Cease: i has long conversation wiith DO yestreday and the fact that no one shows up for chat was discusssed Deputy Dang: Howdy Cat, et al! I'm multitasking, working late tonight. DJTweeny: I'm even advertising on Phil's and David's FB pages Cease: when you get to be his age, and proctors, you hope someine is listeniing DJTweeny: and FST Twitter as well Deputy Dang: I just noticed it's a cozy crowd tonight. Cease: good to see you here, dang Cease: i have more fingers than there are folks on chat. Beet: It is kinda sad. ||||||||| Catherwood ushers Not Ed into the room, accepts a wooden nickel as a gratuity, grumbles something about 9:27 PM, then departs. Deputy Dang: I'm putting away my other work, to stay here instead. Not Ed: Porque? DJTweeny: It might help if there were some sort of offical fan club, where we'd have people's contact information Beet: Evenin Not Cease: i spend a lot of time, weeks of work, putting together collages of firesign and whoi hears them> DJTweeny: Hi Ed Cease: hey porky Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about Firesign Theatre's 1999 Live Concert “IN THE FIREZONE” at >> https://www.amazon.com/Firezone-Firesign-LIVE-1999/dp/1576771458 Not Ed: Hey C, Tween, Beet Not Ed: DDang & Ruf good 2 C U Deputy Dang: Howdy Not Ed. Deputy Dang: A friend moved and left me a bunch of incense. I'm starting to like it. I burn about a stick a day. Beet: I'm fairly addicted to incense. Deputy Dang: I saw a "cannabis incense", but it doesn't smell like cannabis. I'm sure it's called that for the same reason flytraps are from venus. Not Ed: haha Cease: i ilke the idea DJTweeny: You know Cease, I'm continuing to wonder if doing this on a weeknight isn't part of the problem DJTweeny: Maybe we should consider moving it to the weekend Cease: you mean we would get more visitors on a week end? Beet: We could experiment Cease: we could ||||||||| "Happy" Harry Cox pops in and say "I was right! Everything I knew WAS wrong! You CAN get "Profiles in Barbecue Sauce", chock full of meaty Firesign scripts!" ||||||||| Catherwood escorts Cat into the room, accepts a jar of pennies as a gratuity, mumbles something about 9:36 PM, then departs. DJTweeny: I'll put together an ad asking people if another night would be better DJTweeny: allo Cat Cat: Good idea, Tween Beet: It'll be interesting to see the responses. Cat: My life revolves around this chat. Any day is equally involving Cat: I love Austin discovering he has to pay the biillls here Not Ed: Plug for Jerry Beck's vintage cartoon Twitch channel - (CartoonResearch folks) - mesmerizing selection of rare and fine cartoons streaming 24/7 https://www.twitch.tv/cartoonresearch Not Ed: Nice community there too, to chat with like this here wheile you watch if you wish Not Ed: Community of classic cartoon headz : ) Beet: Looks like fun. ||||||||| It's 9:45 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Deputy Dang - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Cat: by dang Beet: I smoked maybe one or two Camels in my entire life. Way too strong. Cat: I cut the fuck out of that. Rufus_T_Firetween: Unfiltered Camels are pretty hard core Rufus_T_Firetween: so to speak, Cat ;) Cat: i kinda remembre smokihng. used to be enjoyablde. lonvg ago Rufus_T_Firetween: and the station thanks you :) ||||||||| Catherwood trudges in at 9:47 PM, dragging Deputy Dang by the hair and asks "Can anyone vouch for this Firehead?" Cat: lol tween Beet: Dang's back. Howdy. Deputy Dang: I wondered why the chat wasn't refreshing. Cat: heyt dangy Deputy Dang: Howdy Cat! Beet: I enjoyed cigs. Liked the ritual too. Cat: wouldnt it be inice or war ended? Cat: wouldn't it be nice Cat: did a collage a few weeks ago, based on a norman corwin play, based on the idea that all thew work ansd money that went intomaking war couldbe spent on halping Rufus_T_Firetween: Eisenhower pointed that out Rufus_T_Firetween: how many schools and hospitals could be built for the cost of a single warship Cat: he did indeed, tween Deputy Dang: 3 Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks to RADIO FREE DISHNUTS for providing the streaming server for this show. If you'd like to make a small contribution to help with the server fees, there's a PayPal link to donate here >> http://dishnuts.net Cat: my dad was in ww2 Beet: That was fun. Thanks, Cat Rufus_T_Firetween: more to come... Rufus_T_Firetween: a 2 CD set like Radio Now Live! Cat: i was part of that. Rufus_T_Firetween: cool :) Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about Firesign Theatre's 1999 Live Concert “IN THE FIREZONE” at >> https://www.amazon.com/Firezone-Firesign-LIVE-1999/dp/1576771458 Cat: as long as i'm aliive, i will keep provdinng this stuff Rufus_T_Firetween: hope so Cat Cat: the few of us who care should hear it Rufus_T_Firetween: and long may you run Beet: Thank goodness and live long (and prosper). Rufus_T_Firetween: and you'll leave a great legacy, even included at The Library Of Congress Cat: i asked austin what a cat pee toilet was. he delcined to answer Cat: hope soe, tween Rufus_T_Firetween: haha Cat: well beet, when you enter your 70s, "live long" isn't really an option Cat: cats pee and shit in the same box. i assume phil knew that. uh.... Beet: I do relate to that, Cat. Cat: crosses billl gates Beet: Bezos going to the Moon. Cat: what happened here? ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 10:00 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Cease - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Beet: It's 10 O'Clock in West Virginia too. Beet: lol Not Ed: these guys were hot doing this show wow! Cat: theyt were,not Cat: seattle was a big venue for them Cat: did you see this show, not? Cat: 1999 Not Ed: i saw all of the Kirkland shows Not Ed: oh nono I saw them later Not Ed: saw the Whidbey and Kirkland shows - the last shows Not Ed: that's when we met Cat: i dont thing there are last shows unril thet allk die Not Ed: right on Cat: they are relentlessly productive Not Ed: they cannot not be - they are the real thing Not Ed: they're all crazy too - I love em lol Beet: The best crazy ever. Not Ed: for sure Not Ed: I was a big fan of Oz from Whidbey that was so special....as you all know Cat: I love their pretened Cat: Spanish. Not Ed: I rem Peter B asking me--during the meet the crowd time after the show--if I thought an Oz podcast could be profitable - I said I had no idea lol but that it was a pretty much undiscovered country (at that time) and to go for it - PB asked if I'd pay for it - I said sure! Not Ed: Pay for a subscription I mean : ) Cat: I used to have a Mexican girl firend. It was a wonderful langauge to hear Not Ed: Great live recording Not Ed: Taylor? Not Ed: Definitely Cat: Yeah, Pette and the lads were always into making money but not making mnoney' Not Ed: haha that's great C - again, the real thing Not Ed: sorry I misunderstood you Not Ed: strike that, what I said Cat: Thsnks, Ed. I had just bought a DAT machine (aboutg as expensive as a car when I learned to dirve) and got a very good recording of this Not Ed: would ultra success have suited them? Not Ed: Ohhh wow that's great well no wonder, man great job Not Ed: DAT "sigh" Beet: Perfect recording Not Ed: I still have a few teeny DAT cassettes Not Ed: yeah Cat: Thanks, Beet. Too bad Merfl isn't here Cat: Doc tech too. DJTweeny: You made this recording, Cat? Cat: Me, Doc Tech, uh, others. Cat: Merl used his canera as a recorig instrumnet DJTweeny: How was the Portland concert recorded? Cat: i'[vwe newve been to portland. yewt Cat: no idea of portland Not Ed: have we heard the Portland show you refer to here? Cat: a few weeks back Not Ed: oh okay Not Ed: I probably heard a chunk of it at least Rufus_T_Firetween: Portland show >> RadioNow Live! - http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=rnl-ln Rufus_T_Firetween: Excellent recording Rufus_T_Firetween: part of the same tour Rufus_T_Firetween: probably the best quality live recording they ever made Rufus_T_Firetween: looks like Wayne Newitt made the recording Cat: and on and on] Not Ed: greetings gate, let's osculate! Cat: yew waYnw WAS involvwsd Not Ed: tanx RUF Cat: dont lumber me with labour talk Not Ed: Plug - Welcome to the Mystery Vault - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8v7ZDxE26jeArV09c9ofR9mMIqZiGvJ3 (strange and unique audio plays and spoken word) DJTweeny: Thanks for the link Ed Not Ed: U betcha Tweeny Cat: Feel free to ad any of my work to yours, Ed Not Ed: Hey good idea thanks Cat Not Ed: I'll point when I do Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S COLLAGE ARCHIVE at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/ Not Ed: Rufus tanx Not Ed: Private Snafu "Booby Traps" on Beck's animation Twitch channel as I type this Cat: Not quite, Not. Wew heard Portrland rfecently ands this was the foilling show Cat: Bergman died 2 years after this Cat: 3 Rufus_T_Firetween: yeah, 2012 Cat: when i first met the lads, phil austin was a Big Guy, bergman a little guy. at the end, Austing hasd shrunk inro ALMOST non existence, but Bergman had balloned into a tweeny type person Not Ed: lol pardon Cat: ossman loved being the Old Guy Rufus_T_Firetween: 'who you callin' a dummie?' Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... Deputy Dang: That was good. Not Ed: Dang fine Not Ed: heheh Beet: enjoyed this one. The one thing that makes Thursdays worthwhile are these chats. Thanks to everyone. Great recordings, Dr Cease. Thanks for leading, Dr Tween. G'Nite all. Deputy Dang: lol yes, indeed Rufus_T_Firetween: We've got to get more people in here to hear this stuff Cat: yes, it was a pretty good recording Not Ed: Thanks Ruf, Merl, and KE Tweeny Beet: Absolutely Not Ed: You all take care - great to hang with yaz as usual Rufus_T_Firetween: all be well... Deputy Dang: Thanks Cat and Tweeny, and all involved in this wonderful evening. ||||||||| At 10:58 PM, Deputy Dang dashes out the door saying "Hey, mister ice-cream man, I've got a nickel, wait for meeeee..." ||||||||| "10:59 PM? I'm late!" exclaims Cat, who then hurries out through the french doors and down through the bushes. DJTweeny: Until last time, again... ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 11:15 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Not Ed - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Beet - dead from the common cold ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood enters, and announces to all and sundry "It's 4:31 AM, time to change the log file and clean out unused rooms; please exit the chat room for a minute or two. Thank you for your patience."
The Evening's Participants:
Beet
Cat
Cease
Deputy Dang
DJTweeny
Elayne
Not Ed
Rufus_T_Firetween
